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Are We Close to Israel 15? Not Yet

Posted in ISRAEL 15 Vision, tagged , , on August 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Newsweek ranked Israel 22nd in its annual index of the “World’s Best Countries,” which was published yesterday. While it remains true that Israel has achieved relative success in raising GDP per Capita and providing health service, it still lags behind most other countries in the magnitude of its income gaps and the quality of its [...]

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Subsidized Housing will not Improve Israel’s Impoverished Areas

Posted in ISRAEL 15 Vision, Regional Leapfrogging, tagged , on July 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The government recently approved a new plan by the Ministry of Housing to subsidize the mortgages of young couples who wish to purchase property in Israel’s remote areas, often referred to as the periphery. The plan aims to attract young couples to these areas as a means of fueling economic growth.

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The political ‘trilemma’ of the world economy

Posted in ISRAEL 15 Vision, tagged , , on May 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Global competition between countries is a key dimension of Leapfrogging. Through analyzing the Greek economic crisis, Economist Dani Rodrick introduces the political ‘trilemma’ of the world economy – the tension between economic globalization, political democracy, and the nation-state. For the full blog, click here.

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Strengthening the Attractiveness of Regions in Israel’s Periphery

Posted in ISRAEL 15 Vision, tagged , , , , on May 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

One of the main goals of Israel’s master plan TAMA 35, is to encourage development and growth of the Negev and Galilee regions. However, according to the plan’s monitoring team, the fundamental failure of its implementation is in attracting people to move to those regions: The current population in the north and south are far [...]

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Israel joining the OECD and the Israel 15 Vision

Posted in ISRAEL 15 Vision, tagged , , on May 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

This week, Israel was invited to join the prestigious OECD. While this is an important ‘stamp of approval’ for the strength and resilience of the Israeli economy, there are several other components that are vital for Israel leapfrogging into one of the leading countries in the world in terms of quality of life.  

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bio negev: an innovation cluster in the negev region

Posted in ISRAEL 15 Vision, tagged , , , on April 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The ‘Bio-Negev’ venture, that was recently launched by Vice Prime Minister and Minister of the Development of the Negev and Galilee – Silvan Shalom, is a regional center aiming to encourage innovation in the field of Biotechnology and life science. This venture, based on the model of economic clusters, is aimed at encouraging cooperation between [...]

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The challenge of measuring the quality of life

Posted in ISRAEL 15 Vision, tagged , , , , , on March 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Reut’s regional development team recently participated in a meeting organized by ELKA, regarding measuring quality of life in Israel. Head of Israel’s Progress Index project (“Erech”), Anat Itay spoke about the process of defining, measuring and fostering an alternative index to GDP, which would focus on a variety of components of quality of life, in [...]

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Growth encouragement and workers’ rights – are they compatible?

Posted in ISRAEL 15 Vision, tagged , , , on March 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The CEO of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor recently mentioned a dilemma which characterizes the Ministry’s work: “Does our will to encourage the economy fit in with our will to protect workers?” Even raising the question signifies a mindset that perceives a conflict between encouraging growth and the protection of workers’ rights. This [...]

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The Ministry of Justice Leads Unique and Global Development Policy

Posted in ISRAEL 15 Vision, tagged , , on January 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Unique and global development policy is a policy that leverages local assets while exploiting global trends. Such a policy involves investment of governmental inputs, including – but not solely restricted to – financial investment. The government has a wide range of options at its disposal which include, among other things, standardization, licensing, legislation and international [...]

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Regionalism (13): Trains Alone Will Not Solve the Periphery’s Problems

Posted in ISRAEL 15 Vision, Regional Leapfrogging, tagged , , , , on January 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

While railways in Israel are perceived as a magic solution to the periphery’s development, a recent roundtable held at Hebrew University which dealt with transportation and economic development raised reservations as to its usefulness.

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